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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-05-09
Rand Rife Shooting.

Shooting at the word is first rate prac-
tice. 1t trains the eye and the hand to
work together and gets the forefnger into
the habit of pressing the trigger at just
tho right moment Grasp the rifle in
the Kentucky manner or in DIR. Carver's
style, holding tho butt just below the ell
bow, and keep the eye fixed upon the
mark. If you can shoot with both eyes
open so much the better. At the word
Fire" bring the butt to the shoulder
quickly and raise the barrel until the
sights are in line with the mark, pressing
the trigger as soon as you see them in
line. You must shoot after the word
'Firer and before the counter finishes
counting three like the tick Of clock.
With practice the rifle will come into po-
sition instantly, the eye will telegraph to
the forefnger that the aim is right and
the finger will press the trigger uncon-
sciously. Men who practice this style of
shooting can do more accurate work at
the word than in taking deliberate aim,
and they will fire when the counter says
'One'
Another good plan is to take repeat
ing riae--a Winchester, for example-and
try to put as many shots as possible into
the bulls eye as rapidly as the gun can be
fired. Try for accuracy first and rapidity
by degrees. It is well to vary the mark
ana nOG SnOOC at rounQ Dlack DuuS eye
all the time. Fire at swinging balls, sus-
pended bullets, white objects, things of
irregular shape and neutral color, and
then have somebody toss up balls or blocks
OF wood and shoot them on the wing. 1t
is not so difficult to hit glass balls in the
air as some people fancy. That kind of
shooting, as performed In the shows, is
nothing but fake. The bah IS thrown
from an old fashioned Bogardus trap, that
losses it easily and on just the same curve
every time. The shooter draws bead on
certain point ON the screen, and when
the ball comes into line he lets her go.
More than that, these fake shooters don't
use bullets. Here is one Of the Wild West
style Of Winchester cartridges. You see
it is brass shell filed with bird shot.
That kind of ammunition is made in large
quantities at the factories for these phe-
nomenal riflemen. Carver actually shot
bullets his first season. but it was unsafe,
and he adopted the shot cartridge finally.
No man with bit of sense in his head
would fire rifle bullets around as Buffalo
Bill pretends to do. He might kill some
body a mile off after smashing glass bal
in the, air. These wonderful feats of
shooting glass balls from horseback with
rifle ball are actually performed with
bird shot that scatters over space of
several feet. Any fair wing shot conldn't
help smashing the balls.-New York Sun.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-05-09
SONNET.

Across the hedges, thick with autumn flowers,
] watch the wild rough winds breath come and
go,
Bending the leaves until their pale backs show;
And each small bird that there for safety covers,
To hide before the storm that darby lowers,
Is shown to us, who did not even know
They shivered therefor they were hidden So
Until the wind put forth it's stronger powers.
Is not this like some life of sweetest rest
Passing it's years in most even course
Through and summers perfect, peaceful
smile;
Yet when rough trials search that quiet breast,
It shows beneath the calm that loves vast force
Has lain there, hiding humbly, all the while?
All the Year Round.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-05-09

noscoe Conkiing has passion for
costly colored handkerchiefs lie likes
the brightest colors.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-05-27

The long deadlock in the Florida Legis-
lature over the election of a United States
senator TO succeed the love-sick Jones,
ended on the 10Th in the election of
Samuel Pasco Mr.. Pasco was born in
London, England, June rs, 1884. His fam
lily, when he was but ten years of age,
crossed the ocean and settled in Charles
town, Mass. There he was educated,
graduating from Harvard college in 1858.
He taught school in Florida for time. In
1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army,
and served as captain until the battle of
Missionary Ridge, in November, 1868,
where he was wounded and captured, and
held until the close of the war. He then
returned to Florida, studied law and was
admitted to the bar. He was sent to the
constitutional convention of 1885, and was
chosen president of that body. He was
elected to the lower House of the present
Legislature last November, and on it's Or
ganization was chosen speaker. He is of
medium height, dark hair and complex
ion, wears black moustache and has long
been one of the leaders in the democratic
party of Florida.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-05-27
A Proposed Financial Movement

The New York Commercial Aduer-
tiScr, which is excellent authority on all
financial questions, announces that GER
tain capitalists are engaged in perfecting
the details of IA scheme tor transferring
the chief seat of the worlds traffic in sill
yer bullion from London to New York
The project, it is said, originated with the
managers of the Western National bank,
of which Hon. Daniel Manning is presi-
dent. Large deposits of silver are to be
invited, either at the bank or elsewhere,
and represented by certificates, as grain
and stock certificates now are in Chicago
and New York. The plan includes the
listing of these certificates by the New
York Stock Exchange
Should this important financial move
ment be carried out, as seems likely
New York city will become the silver cen
ire of the world. 1t is unnecessary to say
that this would almost double the magni-
tude of operations in Wall street, as the
enormous amount of bullion deposited in
New York would be represented by silver
certificates which would enter into the
dealings of that great money mart. Specu-
lating in silver might even become rs
pronounced feature in Wall street as
was the trading in gold in the days when
gold was at a premium.
Wall street is already the maelstrom
into which too many venturesome barks
are drawn and destroyed The fascina-
ton of gambling in stocks is proving
ruinous every year to thousands of small
property holders in all parts OF the coun-
try. Any added inducement to embark in
this swift-rushing tide of speculation is to
be deplored by all who have the welfare
of our American homes in view. Specula-
ton in silver would be likely to become a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-05-27

A brother of S. w. Dorsey said in New
York the other day: You can buy i'm
proved farm land in the great Champlain
valley for less per acre than men are pay
ing for unimproved farms in Missouri and
Kansas, whittier the great tide of emigra-
ton Is flowing. know of property Of
400 acres of improved land, on which there
was IA modern house built within a few
years at cost of $4,000, which was sold re-
Gently at public auction for $1,000. 1t is
one of the finest and most productive
farms in the Champlain valley A SINH
lar property in Kansas would have been
considered worth three times as much. The
fact is that the attention of the country has
been entirely drawn to Western invest
ments, and as consequence Eastern prop
erty is at low ebb. Nevertheless, as in
vestments, farms in New England are still
worth buying"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-05-27

An Ohio professor" Lindeman, has
discovered why we have such late springs
for the past few years. He thinks we are
in danger of having perpetual winter,
if we don't stop letting the natural gas
out of this great balloon, upon whose sur
face we are floating through space. This
is what he said to a startled reporter;
Have you observed the continued late
ness of the present spring? Attribute it
to the earthquakes Yes, in a measure !;
but what makes the earthquakes ? will
tell you, sir, gas-natural gas-the sole
supporter of the earth that which affords
buoyancy and enables the other planets
to hold us IN position. BY the attraction
of Mercury, Venus the moon, Mars, Jupi-
ter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and the
lesser magnets we are drawn from the
sun. Weaken the sustaining power of the
earth, and more force or gravitation is
given the larger and more powerful
planets. The weaker must succumb to
the stronger What will be the conse-
quence if we continue to let the gas out of
the earth | will tell you, sir if men vio-
late natures laws but one-half century,
at the rate we are now drifting, will find
no life eXtant, and all that appears now
so beautiful and green will be but one
deep, boundless mass of ice and snow.
Mr.. Lindeman is evidently natural
gas bag, himself; but no doubt there are
people who, because he calls himself a
professor, will believe his nonsense.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-05-27

men. or by rich men. were taken from them
ard divided among the workmen, it would
not make a difference of 10 minutes day,
If it were divided in money, it would not
give the whole body of the workmen the
price of an extra glass of beer a day If il
were not divided even, then the deal would
be no more far than 1t is now-would it,
Lastly, if by taking away the profits from
capital you lost the service of rich men
you wolld be compelled to work great
deal harder and II great deal longer than
you DO now In order to get as much / tell
you, my friends, when you are talking
about the wages due to laborers, you had
better measure the wages due to capital
1sts TO inventors, to men of science to the
men VINO work with their heads II is
| to them you owe the fact that Won can
now get twice as much out of 10
hours work as men and women could
get % years ago out of ~ 13 a.
The poor are great deal less poor and a
great deal less numerous than they would
be, except for the service of capital of
which they enjoy the greater part of the
benefit. The poor are not poor because
they have no land Land won't save a
man who doesn't know how to use it,
There are 300, 600 Indians in this country
about as many as there ever were. They
used TO own all the land and they still
own $50, 900, coo acres of it. 1t comes to 500
acres apiece for every Indian, every squaw
and every panoose how much good does
it do them
His final conclusion was as follows:
When you take away the profits from
the owners and managers of the mills,
then all the makers of fine cabinet work,
of pianos, of fine paper hangngs, all the
carpenters and masons who build the bet
ter kind of houses, and all the skilled
mechanics who now work for the owners
of the mills, and all the teachers and
musicians who are employed by them,
would be obliged to find some other kind
of work. They must either 90 upon the
farms to make more food, or 20 into the
cotton mills to make more cloth. There
Is food enough and cloth enough already:
what should we do with what these men
made In other words, you can't have
more than the cat and her skin. Labor
now gets the cat, and the owner the skin.
Some things, doubtless, would have to
be added to this statement on the side of
labor, to make it fair all around. But
there is certainly a good deal of truth and
force in Mr.. Atkinson's presentation of
the case and it is view of the subject
which those who regard the possession of
wealth as robbery of the poor, will do well
to consider.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-05-27

Dear SRI am in receipt of your letter of
the 18th inst. transmitting handsomely en-
crossed resolutions of Cen U. S. Grant Post
No. Is, approving my executive action in We
tOing the dependent pension bill. / beg 10
express through you to the members OF the
post my appreciation of their Endorsement
and nv thanks for the courtesy manifested in
he form of their approval 1t sometimes
happens that official conduct clearly demand
ed by an imperative obligation of public duty
is made difficult by counter influences and in
clinations which grow out of sympathy, or by
a disposition to follow with ease and comfort
the apparent current of popular opinion
Those of our citizens not holding Office and
thus entirely free from the solemn obligation
of protecting the int ests OF the people, Of
ten fail to realize that their public servants
are, to large extent, debarred in official ac-
ton from the indulgence of these charitable
impulses which, In private lile.is not only
harmless but commeHdable. While the de-
privaton should be regarded as one of the
stern incidents of a faithful performance of
official duty. and while it should be endured
with the resignation arising from an unfater-
ing faith in the ultimate justice of the
American people. it is, nevertheless, crafty
ing to receive such expressions as are contain
ed in the resolutions now before me.
Yours very truly,
The above letter was addressed by Presi-
dent Cleveland to William G. Robelin,
quartermaster of Grant Post, g. A. r., at
Wilmington, Del. The sentiments eX-
pressed in it read well but it is fair to
judge them in the light of President
Cleveland's course in reference to some
other bills. The Mexican pension bill,
which he signed without hesitation, pen
sions men who were enrolled for only
Strty days, and many of whom never saw
service at ali. So large a proportion of
them are eXConfederate soldiers, that
the bill might have been entitled an act
to pension Confederate soldiers. The
first man to be pensioned under it was
an eX-Confederate brigadier general and
there is nothing in the bill which prevents
even Jefferson Davis himself from OBJ
tanning pension if he chooses to apply.
After signing such a bill as that, Mr..
Cleveland cannot make much capital out
of any hollow professions of fidelity to
duty. 1t would have been better for him
if he had merely acknowledged the re-
cept of the Grant Post resolutions
through his secretary, and had himself
kept discreetly silent.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-05-27
Conflicting interpretations OF the
Interstate Law

Congressman, now Senator-elect Rea-
gan, is credited with being the father"
of the Interstate commerce law. He was
at all events one of the chief promoters of
the law in the House of Representatives.
What he has to say of it, therefore, is
worth listening to. In Mr.. Reagan's
opinion, there are no circumstances which
can justify the suspension of section four
(the long and short haul clause The
rule, he contends, was intended to be
iron clad, and it was never even suggested
in the House that the commission would
have power to suspend in general way
section four.
According to Mr.. Reagan, the acts OF
the commission thus far have been d-
rectly hostile to the chief intent of the
act He does not, however, give the COM
mission credit for its recent refusal to
suspend section four in favor of certain
western roads.
Whatever may have been the intent of
the House as regards limiting the power
of the commission, it is we'll known that
the Senate had no such limitation in
mind in passing the bill. The Senate &C
cepted the act agreed upon by the confer
ence committee, understanding it to give
to the commission, very large discretion
airy powers. This was distinctly stated by
Senator Cullom, and without this under
standing it is doubtful whether the
bill would have been passed by the Senate.
AS construed by Mr.. Reagan, the bill
could never have passed the Senate. 1t Is
unfortunate that there should be any dis
pute between the two branches of Con-
gress rs TO the construction of the act.
Quite likely the extent and limits of the
power to suspend, will have to be settled
by the courts.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-05-27
Consolidation of Internal Revenue
Districts.

Twenty collectors of internal rev.
enue, including Collector George l..
Spear of Vermont, are dispensed with by
President Cleveland's order consolidating
internal revenue districts. Four New
England States are affected by this order
Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts and
Rhode Island Delaware, Mississippi and
Nevada also lose their separate collector
ships. The Vermont and Maine internal
revenue districts are now consolidated
with New Hampshire. Massachusetts IS
two districts have been consolidated into
one. The Rhode Island office has been put
under the Connecticut collector.
The present internal revenue system
was established in 1862, when the Presi-
dent was authorized to establish as many
collection districts as there were congress
sional districts. In 1864, when an enorm-
Gus revenue was collected on incomes,
watches, pianos, etc, every district had
its assessor and collector; but as taxes
were gradually removed the assessors
were dropped, and at various times dis
trcts were consolidated Until the recent
order of President Cleveland, however,
no consultations have taken place for
many years
The deposed collectors will probably
make terrible clamor, and President
Cleveland will be fortunate if they do not
pursue him to the Adirondack woods like
a swarm of mosquitoes. What Mr.. Atkins
will be able to do for his friend Spear, re-
mains to be seen.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-05-27
The POne and DIR. MCGlYnn.

The portentous letter from Rome, ad-
dressed to DR.. McGlynn, which has been
given to the press, is evidently the last
word" from the vatican in the case of the
rebellious priest The forty days Of grace
are slipping away, and at their expiration
there Is no doubt that DIR. McGlynn will
suffer the penalty of communication
This is not a penalty to be laughed at, in
the case of such man as McGlynn.
Should he be cut off from the church, he
will be marked man, whose influence
among large proportion of the class
which he desires to sway will be utterly
lost. There would be but one alternative
for him if he wishes to keep himself at
the front-aud that is. to head revolt
against the church of Rome. History
shows that this would be well nigh
hopeless undertaking. In the last 1900
wears there has been but one sue
cessful revolt against the church of
Rome, though there have been
many incipient rebellions which per-
ished before they fairly appeared.
The Roman Catholic church is great
power in the worlds history, and to defy
it on such weak grounds as belief in
communistc land theory would be the
highest presumption. In this controversy
the sympathies of the majority of all
sects will he with the church of Rome.
McGlynn proposes to revolutionize the
usages of centuries, to break up the fouR-
datlons of property rights in real estate /;
to I'm a measure disorganlze and democrat
ize society. The Roman church stands
ND squarely for the rights of property,
and SAYS to its rebelieus son, "lf you per-
sist in these vagaries, contrary to all the
laws of society and the church, you can
not remain in the fold. The church
cannot sanction denial of rights which
she has always held sacred"
This is the ground taken by Pope Leo
Mi. in his letters to McGlynn. 1t is the
right ground, irrespective of ecclesiasti-
cal considerations. 1t is the only
consistent ground for the church Of Rome
to take; and we do not see how DR.. Nc
Glynn can expect anything less OF the
pope. As the priest is a very Intelligent
man, it is probable that in laying out his
course he has accepted the consequences,
and has deliberately committed himself to
a course of action which will end in plac-
ing him outside the pale of the church.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-05-27
The Expenditure of Profits.

Edward Atkinsons recent address on
the margin of Profits" before the cen
trail Labor Lyceum of Boston, from which
we recently gave some extracts, contained
good deal more that was worthy of at
tenton. He figured before his hearers the
profits of cotton mill, with capital of
81 900, OOO making cloth annually of the
value of Sl,l00.000 The returns to the
owners Mr.. Atkinson found to be $50 600,
or six per cent on their money. And the
question which he asked was whether
what might be called this unjust proper
ton of the earnings would conduce more
to the welfare of society at large if it were
divided equally among the laborers to ex-
pend. Assuming that the three owners OF
the mill would spend one-thlrd of their in
come, or $4,000 altogether, for needless
things-luxuries and indulgences-he es-
timated that this would support, wholly or
in part, 10 persons, servants, tradesmen,
artists, teachers, gardeners, modistes and
the like. Suppose, said he, you take all
the profit and divide 1t among the $50 mill
operatives then who will support, or help
support, the people who profit by the
waste" or extravaganza" of the owners,
with their $4,000 income He said
1t is the price of the product that fixes
the rate both of wages and profits. Who
are the people who buy the goods at the
low price which only gives you small
wages Well, nine tenths of them are
working people just like yourselves.
When you put up the price of what other
workmen buy, and do not put up the price
of what they make, then you tax them to
to get better living yourselves. Is that
! fair 1t is Just So about eight hours. If
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-05-27

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Senator sherman on Reciprocity

Senator Sherman has written letter
to Mr. Erastus Wiman, the Canadian who
captured the Staten Island ferries. and is
becoming so much of power in New
York, in which he says
mo question of greater importance in
our foreign relations is now presented
than this. 1t certainly is an object of
desire to remove all existing controversies
and to encourage business and CONNER
cial intercourse between the people of
both countries. AS to the particular meas
ure proposed by Mr.. Butterworth, or, in
deed, as to the extent to which reciprocity
should go, and the articles that should be
free of duty in the respective countries,
do not feel justified in now expressing an
opinion, for these must be the subject of
negotiation between and legislation by,
the two countries. can only say that the
general object sought seems to be one of
the highest Importance creditable alike to
both countries, and which will receive my
careful and friendly consideration during
the coming summer 1t would be discred-
table in the highest degree for two coun-
tries having so many interests in common
and natural ties of friendship and amity
to have any irritation or controversy about
their trade and intercourse with each
other. Very truly yours,
JOHN SHERMAN
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-05-27

ever, meets with strong opposition from
two sources from members who are un-
compromisingly opposed to the sale of
liquors on Sunday under any conditions ;
and from the larger numbers who see
that, If the landlords have the proposed
privilege, it cannot be denied to the
restaurants; and then every saloon will be
a restaurant. The New York legislature
thus far holds firm against any sale Of
liquor on Sunday, and it is not denied that
the act has materially reduced the num-
Der of crimes committed in the metropo-
lis on Sundays.